Position in chronology
SAA 08 294. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 150) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn me[ets] the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son will spe[ak] the truth with his father. — On the 14th day the moon and sun will be seen with each other. (7) If the moon and sun are in opposi[tion]: the king of the land wil[l widen] his understanding; the foundation of the king's throne will becom[e stable]. — On the 14th day one god will be seen with the other. (r 3) At the beginning of the year an eclipse was seen ......; on the 14th day (the moon) wa[s seen] with the sun. This is good for the king my lord. (r 7) From Nabû-iqiša of Borsippa.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 d30 dUTU ik-šu-ud-ma KI-šú / it-ten-tu SI SI i-⸢dir⸣ / ina KUR kit-ti GÁL-ši-ma / DUMU KI AD-šú kit-ti i-ta-[mi] / UD 14-KÁM d30 u dUTU / it-ti a-ḫa-meš IGI-MEŠ-[ma] / 1 d30 u dUTU šu-ta-⸢tu⸣-[ú] / LUGAL KUR uz-na ú-⸢rap⸣-[pa-áš] / LUGAL SUḪUŠ GIŠ.GU.ZA-šú i-⸢ka⸣-[an] / UD 14-KÁM DINGIR KI DINGIR IGI-ma / re-eš šat-ti AN.⸢MI?⸣ [x x x] / ⸢u* du* pi*⸣ ti šá IGI [x] / UD 14-KÁM KI dUTU it-⸢tan⸣-[mar] / SIG₅ šá LUGAL EN-ia šu-ú / šá mdAG—BA-šá DUMU BÁR.SIPA.KI
Scholarly note
Astrological report from a court scholar to an Assyrian king, edited by Hermann Hunger (SAA 8, 1992). Celestial and meteorological observation correlated with omens. ORACC text P237296.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237296). source
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237296/.
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